Of the 110 houses his inspectors visited, 80 remain vacant. Another 21 are now legally occupied
after problems were addressed. Some had been vacated because the city turned off water after bills
went unpaid, he said.

Some of the remaining nine properties were demolished; inspectors discovered others were vacant
lots, he said.

In February,
we
reported that the city would begin monitoring homes every 30 days to make sure no one
was living in the homes until fixes were made and the city approved them.

That happened after the Christmas Eve fire in Franklinton that killed three. Landlord Sam
Vazirani had been renting the vacated Wisconsin Avenue home even though he never fixed safety
hazards from 2009. Vazirani pleaded not guilty in February to 20 code violations.